‎BEN SADDI, NATHAN (ROBERT DODSLEY).‎
‎Die Bücher der Chronick derer Könige von Engelland (+) Die Bucher der Chronicka von den Kriegen welche die Frantzosen mit Theresia, der Konigin zu Ungarn gefuhrt haben (+) Chronicka der Konigin zu Ungarn und von der Schlacht bey Dettingen (+) Die ...‎

‎Frankfurt & Leipzig, 1744 & 1745. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary half calf bindings with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spines. Old paper-labels pasted on to top of spines. Wear to extremities, spines with a few holes. Internally nice and clean. (8), 118, (8), 132, 16 pp. 56, 31, (1), 46, (2), 96 pp. + 1 folded maps and 1 folded plate. ‎

Reference : 61985

‎A rare sammelband containing six German “Ben Saddi” chronicles, beginning with the very rare first German translation of Robert Dodsley’s ”The Chronicle of the Kings of England” (London, 1740). Written under the pseudonym Nathan Ben Saddi the work recounts the history of the English monarchy from 1066 to 1603 in the style of the King James Version of the Pentateuch. It was both a literary satire and a commentary on monarchy and politics. ‎